

Genius (2016)
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Max Perkins discovered Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. But he never met anyone like Thomas Wolfe.
Overview
New York in the 1920s. Max Perkins, a literary editor is the first to sign such subsequent literary greats as Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. When a sprawling, chaotic 1,000-page manuscript by an unknown writer falls into his hands, Perkins is convinced he has discovered a literary genius.
Overview
New York in the 1920s. Max Perkins, a literary editor is the first to sign such subsequent literary greats as Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. When a sprawling, chaotic 1,000-page manuscript by an unknown writer falls into his hands, Perkins is convinced he has discovered a literary genius.
Top Billed Cast

Colin Firth
Max Perkins

Jude Law
Thomas Wolfe

Nicole Kidman
Aline Bernstein

Laura Linney
Louise Saunders

Guy Pearce
F. Scott Fitzgerald

Dominic West
Ernest Hemingway

Vanessa Kirby
Zelda Fitzgerald

Demetri Goritsas
John Wheelock
Harry Attwell
Assistant Editor

Angela Ashton
Bertha Perkins
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